Marilyn Monroe TOP 10 Songs

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1. I wanna be loved by you - from: Some Like It Hot

This is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical "Good Boy". It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century in a survey made by the RIAA in which 200 people responded (out of 1300 asked). One of Monroe's most famous musical performances is her singing it in a classic comedy "Some like it hot".

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2. Bye bye baby - from: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

"Bye bye baby" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, a member of The Four Seasons whose version of the song made it to #12 on the U.S. singles charts in 1965.

3. Diamonds are a girls best friend - from: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The song is perhaps most famously performed by Monroe was a song introduced by Carol Channin in the original Broadway production of Gentlmen Prefer Blondes (1949), which was written by Jule Styne.Most of the song in the film is Monroe's own voice but she needed help in two phrases – "These rocks don't lose their shape, diamonds are a girl's best friend", and at the beginning with a series of high-pitched "no's", all of which were dubbed in by the soprano Marni Nixon. The song was listed as the 12th most important movie song of all time by the American Film Institute. Monroe's rendition of the song has been considered an iconic performance and has since been copied by other entertainers.